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Participants in the Schiller Institute’s Jan. 17 Martin Luther King Weekend conference
held at New York City’s Riverside Church, and those who joined from around the world
over the Internet, experienced what author Dennis Speed describes as “an all-too-rare
occurrence in the trans-Atlantic world today: spiritual elevation.” From a personal
reminiscence by Ramsey Clark, about the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March, to Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s
recounting of the 25-year campaign for the World Land-Bridge, the conference ignited
a “Promethean fire” in the audience to at last realize the dreams Hamilton and King.

Economics

A European-wide debt conference, similar to the one that led to the London Debt Agreement
of 1953, settling the foreign debts of Germany, has been proposed by both the Greek
Syriza Party and the Independent Greeks.

The views of top Chinese economists about the country’s economic outlook for 2015
contrast sharply with the hype in the U.S. news media about how the Chinese economy
is heading for a “hard landing,” and give a unique insight into the government’s thinking.

International

Gernot Erler, the German government coordinator for Russia, issued a stark warning
last week, against Western governments financing of Kiev’s military attack on eastern
Ukraine. We will do everything possible, he said, “to prevent an attempt from being
made again to solve this problem by military means.”

National

How has Wall Street buried Glass-Steagall when there is widespread support for it
on Capitol Hill? Pure corruption: by literally buying members of Congress, including
the leaders of both the House and Senate, to the tune of millions of dollars.